The City’s teachers union is not yet ready to throw its support behind a candidate for City Council Speaker, but the group’s leaders are making it clear they believe the next speaker should be a woman.
United Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew told NY1 the union will support a woman candidate citing Tuesday’s election which resulted in the 51 seat council having a majority of women in the body for the first time in history.
“New York City made history by electing a Council where women will be the new majority. Educators helped make this happen,” Mulgrew said. “The next logical step is for the City Council to select a woman as Speaker.”
Last month, the UFT’s Delegate Assembly, which is the union’s highest policy-making body, adopted a resolution urging all Council members to select a woman for this city-wide position.
UFT advocates for a woman to become next City Council speaker
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